agreed completely with your review except the final scores, would have given it B+ or 4/5 or 8/10 I think we as fans have been truly spoilt by the cadmus storyline which is THE best comic animated storyline ever no one is ever going to come CLOSE to that again so we are judging animated next to that, frankly everything is going to fall short but on its own merit I found the movie well paced with brilliant coreographed(sp) fight sequences but
a) dc heroes would have enhanced this movie
when superman faught doomsday in the comic before hand he (doomsday) cuts through the JL like a hot knife through butter it was a apparant the ONLY being on the planet to beat him or even slow him down was superman, this movie lacked the build up and tention
also at the funeral the mourners are essentially the people from metropolis how much better would it have been if the entire dc universe had turned up and also a cameo by batman observing from the shadows, that would have given weight to the scenes but you would see the greatest of them was gone and ALL the heroes have come to pay tribute.
WB OWNS dc they could have used anyone, I understand the reasons to have superman alone but if you are going to make the 'death of superman' then don't hold back.
b) keep him dead for part of the movie
I remember as a kid watching superman 2 and supes has given up his powers to be with lois the 3 villians are tearing up the white house and then the daily planet all the while you are wondering where the heck is superman, then in a blur of wind superman turns up and you are almost cheering, imagine how less impact that scene would have been if you saw superman throughout, when superman died I would have had at LEAST ten minutes where you don't get a HINT of superman, let the world feel loss let them mourn, then introduce the fake superman with STILL no hint of the real superman, and when you think the world is stuck with this evil doppleganger THEN introduce superman for maximum impact.
the movie was well paced for me except this which frankly felt rushed.
dread a favour, do you have the review for spidey 3/batman begins and superman returns and TMNT movie. you don't have to post them here but links to them would be greatly appreichated.